Facts You Probably don’t Need

• Some studies have suggested that bullfrogs don’t sleep.

• The name for the shape of Pringles is called a “hyperbolic paraboloid.”

• Admiral Ackbar from “Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi” was actually a giant puppet, not a man in a suit.

• Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on TV.

• A duel between three people is called a “truel.”

• The stage before “frostbite” is called “frostnip.”

• The “Maillard reaction” is the chemical reaction of amino acids and reducing sugars that produces browned foods such as toasted bread or seared meats.

• Sliced bread and the TV were only invented two years apart.

• Most baked beans aren’t baked, they’re stewed.

• Worldwide, about 1/5 of the calories consumed by humans comes from rice.

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.